Hot springs, family rooms The Kobe Bay Sheraton Hotel & Towers continues to provide hotel guests with access to the Kobe Rokko Onsen Hamaizumi hot spring on its property. Equipped with indoor and open-air baths, the hot spring is available from 6 a.m. to ...

Compete for an upgrade Air France is promoting its new business class cabins in Asia with the Upgrade Challenge, which allows passengers to battle each other and win an upgrade while waiting to board. The event began at the Kansai International and Singapore Changi ...

Our arrival at Yunishigawa-Onsen Station in Tochigi Prefecture is more than a little disconcerting. The two-carriage train, which until now has been chugging determinedly through an increasingly snowy landscape, pulls to a halt in the middle of a tunnel. The doors slide open to ...

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The bold black silhouettes of our three-camel caravan stood out against a tall sand dune like a background drawing of the Three Kings in a Nativity scene. While Georgie, as I had nicknamed my blonde dromedary camel, plodded through this remote corner of Morocco ...

Rose bath, champagne at Royal Park The Royal Park Hotel in the Nihonbashi area of Tokyo is offering a luxury accommodation plan called Rose Bath and Champagne Night Stay from Feb. 8 through March 15. As a limited-edition package to celebrate Valentine’s Day and ...

Sarugakucho — which loosely translates as “monkey fun town” — is a hot spot near Daikanyama Station in Shibuya, Tokyo. As a place to hang out, this area sets the bar pretty high: Its backstreets are a zoo of uber-cute boutiques offering exclusive jeans, ...

I arrived in a power outage, got a $45 parking ticket and drove past dozens of abandoned homes. But as a tourist on my first trip to Detroit, I also sang in the Motown studio, saw the paintings that were nearly sold to pay ...

Chocolate delight at Hyatt Regency The Hyatt Regency Tokyo will hold the “Camprini Sweets Fair” from Jan. 26 to Mar. 31, inviting French chocolatier Christian Camprini, who holds the title of a M.O.F (Best Craftsmen of France). Combining traditional techniques with modern style, Camprini’s ...

The region north of the Chugoku mountains in western Honshu is known as San’in — “the shadow of the mountain.” In Tottori Prefecture, these craggy mountains give way to stretches of fertile farmland that butt up against the icy Sea of Japan. The erratic ...

Perhaps it’s the fresh-baked cookie that’s offered to guests as they check into the Mirror Lake Inn, the village’s crown jewel of lodging. Or perhaps it’s how just about every quaint store and restaurant in town has some sort of reminder that miracles can, ...

Relaxing chocolate massage The Hotel New Otani will introduce a new “Chocolate Time” accommodation plan for women. From Jan. 16 to Feb. 15, the plan offers guests a relaxing time through esthetic massage using chocolate (60 or 90 minutes), one night stay at the ...

Timing, as they say, is everything. With a bad habit of turning up to places and appointments too early, I often find myself wandering through train stations and pocket parks, and past the shuttered doorways of shops. I’ve done it again — 7 a.m. ...